Men’s Olympic Preview: Tennis
Tennis Singles: Date: August 6th-14th Format: 64 player bracket, single elimination. All matches are best out of 3 sets, except the Gold Medal Match which is best out of 5 sets. Notable dropouts: Roger Federer, Stan Wawrinka, Milos Raonic, Tomas Berdych, Richard Gasquet With the 2 Swiss players dropping out, it is even more likely […]
Gold for Murray
It may not be a Major, but that doesn’t make this victory mean any less to Andy Murray and Great Britain. Andy Murray has finally won a big tournament and it comes at the Olympic Games. Less than a month after Great Britain watched Murray lose to Roger Federer in the Wimbledon Final, they watched […]
A Changing of the Guard
Two people have dominated the sport of tennis for the last 7 years. There have been 25 Grand Slam tournaments that have taken place from the 2005 French Open up to and including the 2011 French Open. Out of these 25 tournaments, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal have combined to win 22 of them. The […]
The Longest Match Concludes
BREAKING NEWS: After being called for darkness last night, the John Isner vs. Nicolas Mahut opening round match at Wimbledon finally concluded today with an Isner victory. The match went 5 sets, and it took 138 games to settle the 5th. Isner won 6-4, 3-6, 6-7, 7-6, 70-68. The match spanned 11 hours and set […]
Big Sports Day Roundup
Today was a big day in a lot of sports. From soccer, to tennis, to hockey, to baseball, these sports had many notable and rare occurrences on this day. Early this morning, the United States World Cup soccer team played against Algeria with a chance to advance to the round of 16. In order to […]
The Australian Open Final
The Australian Open Final between Englishman Andy Murray and the Swiss Roger Federer began at 3:40 AM Eastern Time at Rod Laver Arena. It was an epic matchup of the man with 15 major titles and the man with no major titles, but a man representing his native Britain in an effort to end the long major […]